Your favourite 12 Italian Prog albums?

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 Cristi wrote:

 Psychedelic Paul wrote:

I'm not very familiar with spaghetti prog, so I'll have to pass on this one, but it's good to know I inadvertently provided the inspiration for David's list. I've still got my hands full at the moment with my Krautrock and Dutch clog prog blogs, so it could be awhile before I dip my toes into Italian prog too. Addio per ora. 

spaghetti prog, clog prog, that's insulting if you ask me. 

I've always thought the term "Krautrock" to be quite insulting and derogatory, so I feel the same way for these terms (that I'd never heard before) as well. Do Germans refer to themselves as "Krauts"? French as "frogs"? Muslems as "towel heads"? Vietnamese as "gooks"? Japanese as "Japs" or "Nips"? Indians as "wogs"? 

I'm glad for PA's decision to recognize Rock Progressivo Italiano in its own term (despite the fact that it is considered a style, not a national movement, and, therefore, not inclusive to all Italian artists). The imperious naming of all things in British (or American) English has never felt right with me as I know I'd feel irked if people insisted in referring to my familiar place names in foreign tongues: like "Nueva York" for New York or "D'étroit" for Detroit, or Mee-ah-mee for Miami, or "Chee-ca-go" and "Mitchigan" for Chicago and Michigan, respectively. Exit: Peking, Bombay, Abyssinia, Munich, Cologne, Danzig, Byzantium, Switzerland, Vienna, Florence, Siam, Egypt, Hungary, Cambodia, Netherlands, Spain, et al.; replace them with their real native language names. Why can't the English-speaking peoples of the world honor native names and their pronunciations?

Edited by BrufordFreak - January 09 2025 at 08:30